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McCain,the Non MSM version/Vanity

Posted on 08/01/2017 4:17:31 PM PDT by CGASMIA68

Okay, people...before John McCain dies and the ridiculous "tributes" to the man make me vomit, let's remember what McCain's real legacy is:
His father was the Admiral in charge of the Pacific fleet prosecuting the war in Vietnam Nam.

Because of this McCain got preferential treatment in the Navy. He was allowed to become a Navy pilot. But he was a terrible pilot.
McCain crashed two navy Jets in his early career. Then while aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal, McCain got angry because he had to wait in line to take off on a bombing run.
He shut off his engines, opened the cockpit, and in his haste to exit the aircraft to chew someone out about his having to " wait", he hit the button that released his live bombs onto the deck of the Forrestal.
He took off running, as the bombs exploded, which set off a chain reaction of bombs from adjacent aircraft, and the ensuing explosions and fires killed 133 sailors aboard the Forrestal.
While his fellow sailors were fighting the fire, McCain went to the pilot's lounge below decks and watched the men fight the fire on closed circuit TV.

Hours later, McCain took off with a New York Times reporter buddy of his, and went on to say that after seeing the effects of those bombs on the Forrestal, he was beginning to question the morality of dropping those bombs on the Viet Cong.
McCain was the direct cause of 133 deaths on his own ship, and was never reprimanded. He was nowhere to be found as the Forrestal had to limp to the Philippines for months of repair work.


McCain was married then. His wife was stricken with debilitating injuries in an automobile accident. And was hospitalized for more than 5 months. McCain was off gallivanting with anything in a skirt.
Upon returning from Vietnam Nam, McCain found his wife was disfigured by her injuries, which included a shattered pelvis, arm, and legs. In order to save her legs, doctors performed 23 surgeries on her, and had to remove significant portions of the bones in her legs, which left he shorter, and unable to walk, and in a wheelchair, she had to use a catheter.
McCain was disinterested in his first wife's predicament. She had to go through grueling physical therapy to learn to walk again.


After McCain left the Navy, he was intent on a career in politics. He and His wife Carol had gotten to know Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and McCain was eager to jump into politics.
But he decided he needed a more visually pleasing young woman by his side. He callously divorced Carol, the mother of his three children, and immediately jumped into the sack with new wife Cindy, who was 18 years younger.
Upon learning of this, the Reagans were shocked and angered by how he had treated Carol. >> While campaigning for congress, McCain used pictures of himself posing with Mr. And Mrs. Reagan, but there was no hearty endorsement offered by the Reagans.
McCain's new young wife was also an heiress to an Arizona Brewing fortune.

And let us not forget McCain was one of the Keating 5, who had helped swindle life savings from countless Americans in the Savings and Loan scandal of the 1980's. McCain was in it up to his eyeballs.
Yet McCain was well-connected in Washington, and parlayed his connections into a seat in the United States Senate.

So before the tearful tributes to John McCain, be sure you remember the facts about this self-proclaimed Maverick. The facts do not agree with that portrait of a heroic patriot and great American.
With due respect to his family, John McCain was never the great man so many portray him as.
I do not wish the man any harm or ill-will. But neither should we allow this false narrative fairy-tale about this scoundrel of a man as he faces his eternal fate.


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Rcvd this in an email from a retired Navy Aviator. I was aware of the Forestal facts but cant vouch for the rest but from what I have seen don't doubt any of it.
1 posted on 08/01/2017 4:17:31 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: CGASMIA68

The Forrestal Arsonist.
May he forever be remembered for his idiocy.


2 posted on 08/01/2017 4:21:35 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: CGASMIA68

He is a demon.


3 posted on 08/01/2017 4:22:16 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (We must never shut up. Covfefe: A great dish served piping hot!)
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To: CGASMIA68

The McCain tributes will be set someplace hot and will involve a bottle of scotch wit a hole in it, and an unusual blonde.


4 posted on 08/01/2017 4:25:28 PM PDT by MrEdd (long hours)
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To: Darksheare

I believe the Forestal Anniversary may have ignited this email especially after his traitorous act last week on the Health Care vote.


5 posted on 08/01/2017 4:26:40 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: CGASMIA68
The MSM seem to have forgotten his political record also.


6 posted on 08/01/2017 4:27:09 PM PDT by McGruff (From now on call it McCaincare)
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To: CGASMIA68

Wow! I never knew he caused an accident that killed 133!


7 posted on 08/01/2017 4:31:27 PM PDT by Rebel2016
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To: CGASMIA68
McCain fortune traced to organized crime: Mob figures later implicated in Arizona savings and loan scandal

McCain cuts off questions about Saudi donation

EXCLUSIVE: Soros, Clinton-Linked Teneo Among Donors to McCain Institute

8 posted on 08/01/2017 4:32:57 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: CGASMIA68

When cancer kicks mctrash’s donkey ass, it will Make America that much closer to being Great Again!

And as a result, may many libhole demonicrats and GOPes suffer from life-threatening sadness.


9 posted on 08/01/2017 4:33:08 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: CGASMIA68

http://www.factcheck.org/2008/09/mccains-plane-crashes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rocket-causes-deadly-fire-on-aircraft-carrier

A close friend who was on the Forrestal (and had burn scars from the fire) told me a different story, much more in keeping with the official history - not in the links I posted but consistent with them. He refers to McCain with a broad range of expletives, so he’s not covering for the Senator, but he said a Zuni rocket fired from another plane hit near McCain’s plane.


10 posted on 08/01/2017 4:42:06 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: CGASMIA68

Don’t forget to add the Keating 5 to his Illustrative Sin.ate career


11 posted on 08/01/2017 4:44:25 PM PDT by TRY ONE (I never got the memo changing the name of Global Warming to Klimate Change)
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To: Fedora

Wasn’t he also the one who was instrumental in quashing any investigations or searches for MIAs from Viet Nam? Despite reports of living Americans left behind having been seen?


12 posted on 08/01/2017 4:46:53 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Pollster1

But did he see the rocket make its flight?


13 posted on 08/01/2017 4:47:58 PM PDT by mazda77
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To: Rebel2016
Wow! I never knew he caused an accident that killed 133!

That is not what the official history of the accident reported.

And before you McCain haters flame me, a retired "Navy Aviator" would know McCain flew an A-4 and he never shut down the "engines" because he only had ONE.

The official accident investigation faulted the ordnance practice of arming missiles before a sortie was on the catapult. In the case of Forrestal, an F-4 with Zuni pods was being armed and stray voltage fired a missile into McCain's fuel tank starting the conflagration.

Its all public record as I told it.

14 posted on 08/01/2017 4:49:00 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: TRY ONE

The Keating 5 should have landed him in jail if it was you or me it would have. As I’ve said the only way to get vengeance on this traitor is to take out his rino brother Jeff Flake in the AZ primary.


15 posted on 08/01/2017 4:49:25 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: CGASMIA68

bkmk


16 posted on 08/01/2017 4:50:16 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Pollster1

The three references are not inspiring or believable... factcheck.org, wikipedia, & History Channel.


17 posted on 08/01/2017 4:50:51 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: CGASMIA68

Because of this McCain got preferential treatment in the Navy. He was allowed to become a Navy pilot. But he was a terrible pilot.


Was there anything McCain excelled at? He was lousy in the Naval Academy, too. Big dummy John McCain.


18 posted on 08/01/2017 4:51:11 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: mazda77
But did he see the rocket make its flight?

It's been years, but I believe he said he heard the rocket and then saw it hit (or saw where it hit?). I'm sure he saw McCain hop out - his feelings and choice of words when referring to McCain were memorable. It was very clear that the bombs did not go off before the fire, although he said that McCain got very special treatment when seriously injured men had to wait.

19 posted on 08/01/2017 5:08:52 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: TEXOKIE
Yes he was--he teamed up with John Kerry on that.
20 posted on 08/01/2017 5:11:47 PM PDT by Fedora
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